Bob Bashara gets sentence of 80 months to 20 years

Bob Bashara was sentenced to 80 months to 20 years, Monday, after admitting he tried to hire someone to kill Joe Gentz.

Bashara was sentenced by Judge Bruce Morrow of Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit after pleading guilty two months ago to solicitation of murder.

Wayne County prosecutors argued previously that Bashara should spend between seven and 11 years behind bars, claiming his behavior was predatory. But prosecutors have agreed that he should be punished within the lower range, conceding his behavior was not predatory, according to its sentencing memorandum. The sentence was near the top of the guidelines which was an 85-month minimum.